Intentions to Marry, 1900 January-June

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840417, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, September 12 2025

1900 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 265

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar A. M. Mansfield

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

14 February 1900

Matthew Routley
Sarah Hannah Willis

Mathew Routley
Sarah Hannah Willis
💍 1900/38

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

34
24

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
10 years

Residence of Mr. Matthew Jeffery, corner of Hall & Hanson Streets

00/624

14 February 1900

Rev. W. C. Oliver

No	85
Date of Notice	14 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Routley	Sarah Hannah Willis
BDM Match (97%)	Mathew Routley	Sarah Hannah Willis
	💍 1900/38
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Matthew Jeffery, corner of Hall & Hanson Streets
Folio	00/624
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver

14 February 1900

William James Blandford
Mary Ann Lacey

William James Blandford
Mary Ann Lacey
💍 1900/571

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Tailoress

26
23

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
23 years

St. Mary's of The Angels Church, Boulcott St.

00/592

14 February 1900

Rev. Thos. De Noy

No	86
Date of Notice	14 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Blandford	Mary Ann Lacey
	💍 1900/571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Tailoress
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's of The Angels Church, Boulcott St.
Folio	00/592
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. De Noy

14 February 1900

George Turner Croft
Charlotte Margaret Johnston

George Turner Croft
Charlotte Margaret Johnston
💍 1900/685

Widower
Widow

Contractor

54
44

Petone
Petone

10 years
3 years

Residence of Mr. G. T. Croft, Britannia St., Petone

00/610

14 February 1900

Rev. Jas. Benning

No	87
Date of Notice	14 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Turner Croft	Charlotte Margaret Johnston
	💍 1900/685
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Contractor
Age	54	44
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	10 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. G. T. Croft, Britannia St., Petone
Folio	00/610
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Benning

16 February 1900

Harry Darrall
Beatrice Evelyn Duncan

Harry Darrall
Beatrice Evelyn Duncan
💍 1900/593

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

21
19

Wellington
Wellington

16 years
4 years

Residence of R. Patterson, 16 Cuba St.

00/565

George Duncan, Father

20 February 1900

Rev. J. R. Ellerth

No	88
Date of Notice	16 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Darrall	Beatrice Evelyn Duncan
	💍 1900/593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	16 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of R. Patterson, 16 Cuba St.
Folio	00/565
Consent	George Duncan, Father
Date of Certificate	20 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Ellerth

16 February 1900

Ernest Edward Beck
Annie King

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Manager

28
19

Wellington
Wellington

28 years
10 weeks

Residence of Edward Hutchings, 2 Home St., Wellington

No person resident in Colony who can give Consent

Certificate not yet issued

No	89
Date of Notice	16 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Beck	Annie King
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Manager
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	28 years	10 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Edward Hutchings, 2 Home St., Wellington
Folio
Consent	No person resident in Colony who can give Consent
Date of Certificate	Certificate not yet issued
Officiating Minister

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1903. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).